Wavelength reuse scheme in a WDM unidirectional ring network usinga proper fibre grating add/drop multiplexer

An experimental optical WDM ring network is proposed. It uses a proper add/drop multiplexer based on a fibre grating filter. Both-way transmission using a wavelength reuse scheme is successfully demonstrated without any crosstalk     

一种新型的可重构光分插复用器件的设计

设计了一种带四根单模尾纤的光纤准直器,基于这种四光纤准直器及介质薄膜滤波器,提出了一种新型的可重构光分插复用器件的设计方案.该器件只用一个四光纤准直器,输入光纤、输出光纤和分下/插入光纤都分布在器件的同侧,具有体积小、成本低、信道隔离度高等优点.     

一种基于光纤Bragg光栅的全光纤分/插复用器

研制了用于ＷＤＭ全光网的全光纤型分／插复用器,由两个相同的光纤环行器和串接其间的光纤Ｂｒａｇｇ光栅组成。其中光纤Ｂｒａｇｇ光栅是用紫外光直写方式在普通单模光纤上制成。文中给出了该复用器的上／下路端口隔离度和信道插入抽耗等主要测量结果。其特点是结构简单,可实现信道波长再利用,从而提高网络的灵活性。     

Interferometric crosstalk-free optical add/drop multiplexer usingMach-Zehnder-based fiber gratings

Mach-Zehnder interferometers with fiber Bragg gratings (MZ-FG) are investigated as promising devices for wavelength-selectable optical add-and-drop multiplexers (OADM). A wavelength reused OADM performance is demonstrated for the first time to our knowledge in a six-channel, 10 Gb/s WDM experiment using a single-stage MZ-FG. We discuss both theoretically and experimentally the interferometric crosstalk induced by imperfect Bragg-reflectivity. Two methods are proposed to solve the interferometric crosstalk issues. The first one is wavelength offset scheme. It is experimentally confirmed that there is no interference when the wavelength of crosstalk is away from that of the signal at least two times of bit-rate. In order to separate each wavelength, the master-slave wavelength control method is proposed with Fabry-Perot interferometer made of a set of fiber gratings. The second one is a cascaded MZ-FG scheme eliminating the crosstalk itself. The calculation indicates that a Bragg-reflectivity of only 93% can suppress the crosstalk to be -35 dB. Cascaded MZ-FG's have been fabricated to show that the interferometric crosstalk can be successfully reduced to -50 dB for the add signal, and -71 dB for the drop signal, respectively. The eight-wavelength 10 Gb/s OADM experiment is carried out to demonstrate the low interferometric crosstalk performance     

A novel bidirectional add/drop amplifier (BADA)

We demonstrate a novel bidirectional add/drop amplifier (BADA) module by using only one N×N arrayed-waveguide grating (AWG). For the effective transmission of bidirectional signals, it is essential to suppress the relative intensity noise caused by Rayleigh backscattering, multiple reflection, and/or AWG crosstalk. The proposed amplifier module can suppress the relative intensity noise simply by using two optical bandpass filters. No degradation was observed in the receiver sensitivity when these amplifier modules were used for the bidirectional transmission and add/drop multiplexing of wavelength-division-multiplexing signals     

Bi-directional add/drop amplifier module for high-capacity WDM networks

A bi-directional add/drop amplifier (BADA) module with a superior relative intensity noise (RIN) suppression capability has been realised based on a cost-effective dispersion compensation technique. A 14/spl times/10 Gbit/s bi-directional transmission over 200 km-long conventional SMF and channel-by-channel add/drop has been successfully demonstrated. The scalability of the BADA module is analysed.     

Design and performance of a reconfigurable liquid-crystal-based optical add/drop multiplexer

The authors describe a reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer designed for 50-GHz channel spacing over either the C- or L-bands. The system may also function as a variable optical attenuator. The design features a reflective liquid-crystal modulator, a compact free-space spectrometer, polarization diversity, and fine-scale attenuation control.     

A wavelength-tunable semiconductor amplifier/filter for add/drop multiplexing in WDM networks

Reconfigurable channel drop in a wavelength-division multiplexed system is demonstrated using a packaged semiconductor amplifier/filter. The filter is electrically tunable over 9.0 nm with a 0.9-nm width and is used with an optical circulator to demultiplex three 5.0-Gb/s WDM channels spaced by 2.25 nm. A receiver sensitivity improvement and low optical crosstalk is observed over a dynamic range of nearly 10 dB.     

40-Gb/s packet-selective photonic add/drop multiplexer based on optical-code label header processing

A packet-by-packet-selective photonic add/drop multiplexer, of the finest data granularity, is experimentally demonstrated at 40 Gb/s. An optical-code label, attached to the packet, enables determination, in the optical domain, of whether to drop, cut through, or add packets.     

Highly stable optical add/drop multiplexer using polarization beam splitters and fiber Bragg gratings

We demonstrate a novel wavelength-division add/drop multiplexer employing fiber Bragg gratings and polarization beam splitters. The multiplexer is easy to fabricate without any special technique such as UV trimming, and yet shows very stable performance with less than 0.3-dB crosstalk power penalty in a 0.8-nm-spaced, 2.5-Gb/s-per-channel wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) transmission system.     

带光纤光栅的MZI型全功能光分插复用器的研究(本期优秀论文)

提出了一种结合光纤Bragg光栅(FBG)和级联马赫-曾德尔干涉仪(MZI)的全功能光分插复用器(OADM).应用扭转梁对光栅对的中心波长实施同步调谐,使两级MZI单元的反射波长错位或动态一致,实现全通和动态上/下路功能.在0.8nm波长间隔、8波长的波分复用系统中,对其输出响应进行了数值模拟,并分析了两光栅相对位置差和两干涉臂长差对响应波形及隔离度的影响.     

The design and assembly of surface-micromachined optical switch for optical add/drop multiplexer application

An assembly process including: flip-chip bonding, microelectromechanical (MEMS) structure release, and atomic layer deposition (ALD) is proposed to integrate a surface micromachined optical switch for optical add/drop multiplexer (OADM) applications. In the current optical switch designs, pre-stressed beams were used to pop up the micromirror and an electrode (substrate) under the beams was designed to perform ON/OFF function of the optical switch. In order to achieve desired popped-up angle for precise optical switching, a flip-chip bonding technique is applied to a mechanical stopper with an accurate joint height that can be used to constrain the movement of the micromirror. A conformal thin layer of dielectric material (Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/) coated on the surfaces of device through an ALD coating process is used to improve vertical actuation force, as well as electrical isolation. Experiments indicate that the micromirrors fabricated by the present assembly process can achieve desired angle that meet the requirements of the proposed OADM configuration.     

一种基于锥光纤微球腔的光分插复用器

利用锥光纤倏逝波与微球腔回廊模的耦合原理制成一种锥光纤-微球腔-锥光纤(TRT)型光分插复用器(OADM),可用于密集波复用(DWDM)光纤通信系统光节点中.设计制作了一种三锥光纤双微球结构的TRT型OADM.采用在硅片上光刻腐蚀制作V槽,双面光刻腐蚀制成固定微球上光纤柄的小通孔,将锥光纤与微球集合在硅片上成为OADM器件.对所制作的器件用光波测试系统进行了测试,对结果进行了分析.制作的器件对与微球谐振的光信号具有分出与插入功能,而不谐振的信号损耗很小.     

DWDM系统光纤光栅分插复用器的设计与实现

综合分析了均匀光纤光栅主反射带内、外反射谱和透射色散特性对DWDM系统光波分插复用的影响，分析计算了DWDM系统中信道参数与光纤光栅参数之间的关系，在此基础上，对用于波分复用系统信道间距分别为50/100GHZ的光波分插复用的光纤光栅进行了设计，并在实验中刻制出相庆的光纤光栅。     

光栅错位光程差对马赫-曾德尔型光插分复用器性能的改善

在结合BG和马赫-曾得尔干涉仪(MZI)型OADM的结构上,提出在MZI两臂上的BG之间引入错位光程差,实现旁瓣抑制和邻道串扰改善.同时讨论了定向耦合器耦合系数和错位光程差的偏差对器件性能的影响.     

Wavelength-tunable add/drop optical filter

A new type of add/drop optical filter discretely tunable along equally spaced channels is presented. This device may have very useful applications in WDM optical networks.     

Ion-exchanged waveguide add/drop filter

An add/drop filter is fabricated using ion-exchanged waveguides and photowritten Bragg gratings. The device exhibits 20 dB extinction ratios and 3 dB bandwidths of 0.4 nm (100 GHz)     

Polarization independent InP WDM multiplexer/demultiplexer module

We report the design, fabrication, packaging, and characterization of a polarization independent integrated optical InP multiplexer/demultiplexer module. The device is based on a vertically etched diffractive grating and separates four channels with 4 spacing in the 1.55 μm window. An n^-/n⁺-InP layer structure with very low birefringence results in a shift of the passbands between transverse electric (TE) and transverse magnetic (TM) polarization of less than 0.1 nm. With a self-aligned flip-chip mounting technique light is optically coupled from the input and output waveguides to an array of lensed single mode fibers with a coupling efficiency of more than 80%. The packaging includes temperature control that allows fine tuning of the channel passbands over 5 nm. Optical crosstalk is always better than -17 dB and fiber to fiber losses of 15 dB are achieved. The module has been successfully implemented in a 4×2.5 Gb/s WDM transmission system     

Eight-channel flat spectral response arrayed-waveguide multiplexer with asymmetrical Mach-Zehnder filters

An eight-channel flat spectral response arrayed-waveguide grating (AWG) multiplexer with asymmetrical Mach-Zehnder filters has been fabricated on the planar lightwave circuit (PLC). The monotonic spectral loss characteristics of AWG have been canceled by the opposite spectral response in the asymmetric MZ filter. The 1.5 dB bandwidth of 141 GHz and 3 dB bandwidth of 159 GHz are obtained for the 200 GHz channel spacing. The 1.5 dB bandwidth becomes 1.8 times wider than that of the conventional AWG. Crosstalks to neighboring and all other channels are less than -24 dB and the on-chip insertion losses range from 7.0 to 7.4 dB, respectively.